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Retention Rates
Retention rates measure the percentage of first-time students (who have never enrolled in college before) who first enroll in the fall semester and are still enrolled in the college a year later (the following fall semester). For example, 65% of the first-time, full-time students who enrolled at Schoolcraft in the fall of 2019 were still enrolled in the fall 2020 semester.
Retention Rates by Year
| Retention Rates |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
| Full-Time Students |
58% |
66% |
65% |
| Part-Time Students |
48% |
48% |
49% |
Data source: IPEDS Fall Enrollment Report
Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates
Federal government regulations require graduation rates and transfer-out rates to be calculated based on students completing a program within 150% of the expected time to program completion, which is 3 years for a 2-year associate degree and 1.5 years for a 1-year certificate program.
It is important to note that these rates only measure full-time, degree-seeking students who started in the fall semester and haven’t attended college before. At Schoolcraft, this group only represents 19% of all students enrolled in fall of 2020.
Graduation and Transfer Rates
| |
2011 Cohort |
2012 Cohort |
2013 Cohort |
2014 Cohort |
4-Year Average |
| Graduation Rate |
17% |
14% |
15% |
19% |
17% |
| Transfer-Out Rate |
31% |
30% |
28% |
29% |
29% |
Success Rate
(Graduation + Transfer-Out Rate) |
48% |
44% |
43% |
48% |
|
Data source: IPEDS Graduation Rate Reports
*When the College first offered a bachelor's degree in 2015, it was then classified as a 4-year institution solely for IPEDS reporting. As a result, Schoolcraft is required to report graduation rates for the cohort 6 years prior, unlike other community colleges reporting on a cohort 3 years prior.
Graduation Rates by Gender
| 2014 Student Cohort |
Graduation Rate |
| Male |
17% |
| Female |
21% |
Graduation Rates by Ethnicity
| 2014 Student Cohort |
Graduation Rate |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native |
13% |
| Asian |
32% |
| Black/African American |
4% |
| Hispanic/Latino |
21% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
0% |
| White |
22% |
| Two or More Races |
17% |
| Race & Ethnicity Unknown |
16% |
| Non-Resident Alien |
29% |
Graduation Rates by Pell Grant Status
| 2014 Student Cohort |
Graduation Rate |
| Recipients of a Pell Grant (within students' first year) |
17% |
| Recipients of a Direct Subsidized Loan (within students' first year) who did not receive a Pell Grant |
25% |
| Did not receive a Pell Grant or Direct Subsidized Loan (within students' first year) |
20% |
Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for Students Receiving Athletically Related Student Aid
Athletically Related Aid for First-Time Students
| Outcomes for First-Time Students Receiving Athletically Related Aid |
2014 Cohort
(n=41 students) |
| Graduation Rate
|
32% |
| Transfer-Out Rate
|
39% |
| Success Rate (Graduation + Transfer-Out Rate)
|
71% |
Athletically Related Aid by Gender
| Outcomes for First-Time Students Receiving Athletically Related Aid by Gender |
2014 Male Cohort
(n=20) |
2014 Female Cohort
(n=21) |
| Graduation Rate |
25% |
38% |
| Transfer-Out Rate |
40% |
38% |
| Success Rate(Graduation + Transfer-Out Rate) |
65% |
76% |
Athletically Related Aid by Sport
| Outcomes for First-Time Students Receiving Athletically Related Aid by Sport |
Men’s Basketball
(n=7) |
Women’s Basketball
(n=8) |
Men’s Soccer
(n=13) |
Women’s Soccer
(n=9) |
Women’s Volleyball
(n=<5) |
| Graduation Rate |
0% |
38% |
38% |
22% |
* |
| Transfer-Out Rate |
57% |
25% |
31% |
56% |
* |
| Success Rate (Graduation + Transfer-Out Rate) |
57% |
63% |
69% |
78% |
* |
*To protect student privacy and confidentiality, graduation and transfer-out rates for students receiving athletically related aid are not disaggregated when there are further than 5 students per group.
Job Placement
Job placement information is obtained from a survey of Schoolcraft students who graduated between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. Graduates received the survey six months after their graduation date.
Student Job Placement Information
| |
Percentage of 2019-20 Graduates
(n=386 respondents) |
| Overall graduate employment rate |
71% |
| Employed full-time |
70% |
| Employed part-time |
30% |
| Employed in field related to degree/certificate |
65% |
Median Salary
(among graduates employed full-time in a field related to their degree/certificate - data is self-reported) |
$49,920 |
Pursuing Further Education
(currently enrolled at the time of survey) |
48% |
Data source: Schoolcraft College Graduate Follow-Up Survey (2019-20 Graduates)
Student Body Diversity
Student Body Diversity by Gender
| Full-Time Students Enrolled in Fall 2020 |
Number |
Percentage |
| Male |
984 |
47% |
| Female |
1,100 |
53% |
Student Body Diversity by Ethnicity
| Full-Time Students Enrolled in Fall 2020 |
Number |
Percentage |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native |
* |
<1% |
| Asian |
106 |
5% |
| Black/African American |
208 |
10% |
| Hispanic/Latino |
109 |
5% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
* |
<1% |
| White |
1,363 |
65% |
| Two or More Races |
76 |
4% |
| Race & Ethnicity Unknown |
131 |
6% |
| Non-Resident Alien |
79 |
4% |
*Exact number suppressed to protect student privacy
Full-Time, First Time Students
| Full-Time, First-Time Students Enrolled in Fall 2020 |
Number |
Percentage |
| Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant |
178 |
26% |
Data sources: IPEDS Fall Enrollment; IPEDS Student Financial Aid, Community College Service Unit Fall Enrollment Reports, 2020
Intercollegiate Athletics Program Participation Rates and Financial Support Data
See: https://ope.ed.gov/athletics